AFGE members from all walks of life are committed to growing our union, strengthening our democracy and improving the lives of working people.
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AFGE members are the best at what they do. They deliver critical services to the American people, often putting their lives on the line to protect others.
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In 2015, AFGE took the vision Big Enough to Win and put it into action. After 24 consecutive years of growth, members broke new ground by surpassing 300,000 members for the first time.
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We welcomed our 300,000th member to the AFGE family. We stopped a shutdown and put off the sequester for 2 years. And together, we finally got our workers a locality increase raise after years of a locality pay freeze.
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The House and Senate this week approved a funding package that keeps the federal government funded through September, 2016.
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Because of your hard work, the Senate just voted YES to provide pepper spray to correctional workers.
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The funding package passed both the House and the Senate and President Obama is expected to sign it into law. How much will your agency get in 2016 compared to 2015?
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In 2002, radio wasn't telling labor's story. Frank Empsak decided to change that by starting Workers' Independent Radio.
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AFGE Local 2317 depot employees earned their bragging rights
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AFGE leaders held a series of private meetings with senior military and civilian leaders at the 2015 DoD Maintenance Symposium.
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AFGE went to bat against big corporations who wanted to privatize your jobs, and after months of hard work we emerged victorious.
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To avoid a government shutdown, the House and Senate last week passed a short-term bill to fund the government until Dec. 16 as lawmakers continue to work to come to an agreement on a long-term $1.1 trillion funding package.
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Hundreds of people have either got terminally ill or died after working at the former nuclear weapons facility – the only facility in the United States that housed both nuclear manufacturing and federal agencies in the same building.
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AFGE President J. David Cox Sr. Dec. 3 met with Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, to discuss three pressing issues that affect the Department of Defense’s civilian workforce.
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